Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-06-10
MURDER MOST FOUL.
concealed Assassin Shoots an Unsus.
pecting Man.

4 pectfng Man.
Bracket News.
cs.urdsy morning, June (, Thomas E.
! noid a stockman owning small ranch q
w. miles south of Turkey Creek noun.
lin babe mis- family goodbye and
..enned into light cart to visit Bracket,
re- nsusI custom the last of each week.
IT, T. wife was feeling far from well, and
as 10Th to have her husband leave her,
NJ Il was only for day, soon he would
Urn with medicines and little comforts
~ there would be no necessity for his
i 1asv;ng the ranch for sometime.
Those whom Mr.. Reid supplies with
srtrpr noticed his absence on Saturday,
nm thought nothing particularly of the
r,e+ter. The sun began to sink in the
I-ss+ and no husband arrived; darkness
ooyered the landscape with its sable robe
and the moon rose lighting all objects
with her silver radiance, and still no fond
fs.ber comes to the waiting children at
/ the ranch.
brightly the sun rosa on Sunday morn
mo snd the anxious wife, no longer able
N calm her fears, aroused her neighbors
end search was made for the missing
man. The trail of the cart was taken up
and DstientlY followed until reaching the
srineso ABOUT three miles from the ranch:
sere the cart left the road for the first
time, and the wavering trail showed that
the horse was no longer guided by the
Trm hand of the master. James Burnie,
william Phillips, Sam Evans, w.
4. Davis, Jesse Bond and Albert Hal
merit, friends of the missing man,
Maternity followed the trail. About
mile from the Arinoso the wagon seat
Wss found, q short distance further his
half then s coat met the gaze of the
rslers, deeply dyed with blood. The
ridge separating the Elm and Arinoso is
crossed and the descent to Elm COM
mencej. The wavering trail leaves the
-0sd and the tTsilers know their work is
nearly ended. a few yards further and
5ey ind the object they al the time have
been hoping they would not find. Be-
Meath g small mesquite bush lay all that
remained of Thomas E. Reid. Here wi h
s coat for pillow, with no one to listen
70 his last wishes or carry g message to
bis loved ones, he breathed his last. From
sppearanCes his faithful horse had re-
NAMED standing for time and then
wandered of cropping the luXuriant
grsss Indications showed that the
murder was committed at the Arinoso,
Stream that flows during heavy rains.
Here the road on each side is lined with
heavy chaparral and beneath thick
bunch Of c8tclaW, the trampled
g-sss showed that the slayer
1sd wsited for his victim to pass
sud then shot him in the back.
Z 4; 80 G,,1,, n
town and q Coroner's Jury composed of
Messrs. II. c. Hunt, Charles Sims,
Henry Eeltmann, Charles Wild, William
TAYLOR and George Lee was hastily sum
m0ned by Justice Barnhill and taken to
Inc body which was found undisturbed
and guarded by Deputy Sheriff NORM
snj Marshal Collins. A thorough
examination of the body was made.
Nj. Reid Yves an Englishman by birth,a
latiye Of Dev0nshire, and was fOTsmany
vesTs g member of the London police
force He has been a resident of this
state for about fourteen years, and has
geen living at his late home for the past
three years. He leaves a wife, who is
1lg- in = delicate condition, and five little
5t=s. In addition to his home and the
ItQ acres he occupied, be was the owner
d 3 small stock of cattle, sheep and
lew head Of horses.
This crime presents to our officers the
opportunity for detective work, and we
u1st that they will realize the RESPONSE
lilIty resting upon them, and seek d Clew
70 the perpetratOr or perpetrators of this
t0ui deed, and follow the same until the
guilty are brought to Justice.
Human life is too dear thing TO be so
lightly valued. Who is safe? Kinney
county should offer reward of at least
$50 for the arrest and conviction of the
murderer, and the Governor should
8. least offer like sum.
Never in the history of our county
1ss more brutal thing than
his occurred, Judging from apparent cir
cumstances; and while we feel sure that
81 will be done that possibly can be, to
sift the matter thoroughly, in behalf of
the people we urge that those efforts be
persistent until success is attained and
The cruel slayer meets the punishment so
richly deserved.
The remaius OF Thomas +. Reid were
buried On Monday morning in the new
cemetery. A neat coffin was provided
sud slI was done that could be done IN
Ger The sad circumstances.